Thank Wald, The procedure worked so well, I was able to create and channel and also a kickstart from the gui and also having cobble installed, the process worked seamlessly.
Thank you so much, Please if there are other things very helpful that I can achieve with SW, let me know. On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 7:17 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Zinny > > Bellow a simple sample of how to this procedure. > > - log in the SW server > - create a base channel named centos_6.5_x86-64 (name, label and summary). > You can define according your necessity, > - mount the dvd iso > - access the directory which contain the rpm files > - execute the command bellow: > rhnpush -c centos_6.5_x86-64 --server=localhost -u <admin login> -p > <password> *.rpm > > After this, your channel in SW will be populated with all packages from > dvd. > > Try it in your lab! > > Take Care > > ______________ > Atenciosamente > Waldirio > msn: [email protected] > Skype: waldirio > Site: www.waldirio.com.br > Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br > LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646 > PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html > > On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 8:07 PM, Zinny <[email protected]> wrote: > >> In line with the redhat repo in SW, is there a way I can use an iso image >> or a dvd to create the channel in a home lab environment that way I can >> spawn up instances as and when I want. >> Please if it's possible share the procedures with me or point me to a url >> to where I can achieve this. >> I am new to SW, please any procedure to be shared should be well >> explained that way I won't struggle much in achieving it. >> Thanks >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Dec 4, 2014, at 2:07 PM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Good point Jeremy, I'll try the conf using ssl. >> >> Take Care >> >> ______________ >> Atenciosamente >> Waldirio >> msn: [email protected] >> Skype: waldirio >> Site: www.waldirio.com.br >> Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br >> LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646 >> PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html >> >> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 2:28 PM, Jeremy Maes <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> No, since spacewalk 2.1 you *no longer need to use mrepo* but you can >>> sync the RHEL channels directly with spacewalk-repo-sync. >>> >>> Just take a peek at the repo configuration options in the webinterface >>> and notice that you can add SSL certs, which is what RHN uses nowadays. You >>> can get the certs via the RHEL customer portal. >>> >>> More details you won't find I'm afraid. It's a nice project to get it >>> working but I can assure you it works and once you get it up and running >>> you'll be happy to be rid of any extra scripts/daemons/... (maybe Paul >>> Robert Marino gave extra info in the past, just try searching the mailing >>> list archives as he keeps repeating to everyone asking this question ;)) >>> >>> As Waldirio also mentioned, technically as long as your spacewalk host >>> has an RHEL subscription and all your RHEL spacewalk clients do too, you >>> should be OK license-wise. >>> >>> Regards >>> Jeremy >>> >>> Ethan Bonick schreef op 04/12/2014 om 17:02: >>> >>> Just so I get this straight we need to always having a running copy >>> subscribed to RHEL and then mirror the repo to that mahcine and then >>> remirror to SW? That seems like a very convoluted process. Too bad we can't >>> log into the repo's the way suse does. When I get around to it, I'll see if >>> I can figure out a better way. Thanks guys for not making us reinvent the >>> wheel. :) >>> >>> Ethan Bonick | Information Technology >>> >>> *TruQua * >>> >>> *CONFIDENTIAL: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may >>> be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be >>> aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or >>> any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, >>> please reply and notify the sender and delete this copy from your system.* >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Waldirio Manhães Pinheiro < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Daryl >>>> >>>> You can follow the Jean orientation, perfect. ;-), one point is, if >>>> you need more the one version (RHEL5, RHEL6, RHEL7 for example), you need >>>> configure 3 VM's :-)), because your rhel machine will be subscribed just in >>>> one base channel. >>>> >>>> If you know how to configure multiples channel in the same OS please >>>> share us! >>>> >>>> B'Regards >>>> >>>> ______________ >>>> Atenciosamente >>>> Waldirio >>>> msn: [email protected] >>>> Skype: waldirio >>>> Site: www.waldirio.com.br >>>> Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br >>>> LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646 >>>> PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html >>>> >>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 1:06 PM, Daryl Rose <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Waldirio, >>>>> >>>>> I do have RHEL subscriptions, but I'm not ready to set this up just >>>>> yet. I'll probably look into it more after the first of the year, so I >>>>> may >>>>> ask follow up question's on how to configure SW for RHN. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you. >>>>> >>>>> Daryl >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2014 12:01:13 -0200 >>>>> >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk >>>>> >>>>> Daryl >>>>> >>>>> Happy for help. About SW support RHEL, in theory is not supported >>>>> (so this is a RHN Satellite feature), although technically you can add. >>>>> About be in compliance, since you share rpm packages to your rhel >>>>> environment, but to all RHEL's that you have subscription, no problem. >>>>> What >>>>> you CANNOT do is, you have 1 rhel subscription, use this account to >>>>> download rpm files and have 100 rhels registered in your SW receiving >>>>> packages and updates. >>>>> >>>>> Ps.: I checked this with redhat a long time ago, would be grateful >>>>> if our Red Hatters friends tell us something about it. >>>>> >>>>> Downloading rpm from redhat, the process is the same, you can >>>>> configure a local repo and sync them or if you download a rpm package, you >>>>> can send to channel via rhnpush. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if you have additional doubts. >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________ >>>>> Atenciosamente >>>>> Waldirio >>>>> msn: [email protected] >>>>> Skype: waldirio >>>>> Site: www.waldirio.com.br >>>>> Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br >>>>> LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646 >>>>> PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 11:39 AM, Daryl Rose <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Waldirio, >>>>> >>>>> Thank you for the explanation. I understand your explanation. The >>>>> reason why I'm looking at Spacewalk is because I don't think that I can >>>>> afford Satellite. I'll look into the cost and see if it fits the budget >>>>> or >>>>> not. >>>>> >>>>> Your final comment said that RHEL repo can also be add to Spacewalk, >>>>> but the documentation say's that SW cannot be used with RHEL repo. Can >>>>> you >>>>> please point me to the older posts that show how to add the RHEL repo? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks >>>>> >>>>> Daryl >>>>> >>>>> ------------------------------ >>>>> From: [email protected] >>>>> Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 20:09:29 -0200 >>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>> Subject: Re: [Spacewalk-list] FW: redhat channel in spacewalk >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Daryl >>>>> >>>>> Spacewalk is the RHN Satellite Project, so using Spacewalk you don't >>>>> have support, updates, etc >>>>> >>>>> RHN Satellite is a enterprise product, with support, updates, etc >>>>> >>>>> When you buy the RHN Satellite Subscription, you can buy a "full >>>>> version" or started pack, full version is, if you have 10 RHEL's, the >>>>> certificate generated will come with 10 subscriptions, if you have 1k, >>>>> your >>>>> subscription will come with 1k subscriptions. There are details about >>>>> unlimited guests, but we will not talk about it now. >>>>> >>>>> When you install SW, you have a certificate to 20k servers, >>>>> according bellow: >>>>> >>>>> ### >>>>> <rhn-cert version="0.1"> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="product">SPACEWALK-001</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="owner">Spacewalk Default >>>>> Organization</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="issued">2007-07-13 00:00:00</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="expires">2018-07-13 00:00:00</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="slots">20000</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="monitoring-slots">20000</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="provisioning-slots">20000</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="virtualization_host">20000</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field >>>>> name="virtualization_host_platform">20000</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="satellite-version">spacewalk</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-field name="generation">2</rhn-cert-field> >>>>> <rhn-cert-signature> >>>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> Version: GnuPG v1 >>>>> >>>>> iEYEABECAAYFAlNg/40ACgkQnnKdrwaUeTIXqwCgmRiTmzFuO7x3bitYPWcJFsZe >>>>> UPgAn0kTzWo7xUGDpedM0No9nEnWa84P >>>>> =FTXc >>>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- >>>>> </rhn-cert-signature> >>>>> ### >>>>> >>>>> So, to conclude, if you have the opportunity to use RHN Satellite, >>>>> you can do this, and add another OS's as repo. Pay attention, each server >>>>> that you add in RHN Satellite, will user a Smart Management addon. >>>>> >>>>> If not, don't worry, you can add rhel repo, according various older >>>>> posts. >>>>> >>>>> Let me know if the answer is satisfactory! :-) >>>>> >>>>> Take Care >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ______________ >>>>> Atenciosamente >>>>> Waldirio >>>>> msn: [email protected] >>>>> Skype: waldirio >>>>> Site: www.waldirio.com.br >>>>> Blog: blog.waldirio.com.br >>>>> LinkedIn: http://br.linkedin.com/pub/waldirio-pinheiro/22/b21/646 >>>>> PGP: www.waldirio.com.br/public.html >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Spacewalk-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Spacewalk-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/spacewalk-list > -- Ezinne M Ibeagbazi, Bsc, RHCE, RHCSA,VCA-Cloud, VCA-DCA, A+ Linux Systems Engineer VINDS INC, Landover, MD 301-364-7694
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